Shandong Express Book with a long history

Shandong is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. Many prehistoric cultures were unearthed here, and it was the accumulation of culture from the Xia, Shang and Wednesday dynasties. As Shandong Kuaishu originated from Shandong culture, it was also influenced by the prosperity of local rap art that it was able to develop here.

Shandong Kuaishu is a traditional folk art form originated from the Han people in Shandong Province and has a history of more than 100 years. It was first popular in Shandong, North China, and Northeast China, and developed throughout China after liberation. The singer holds a bamboo board or a mandarin duck board in his hand and beats the board at a fast pace to recite and sing, so it is also called Bamboo Board Kuaishu. Shandong Kuaishu originated in Linqing, Jining and Yanzhou areas of Shandong Province and has a history of more than a hundred years. About the origin of Shandong Kuaishu. There have always been three legends, namely Liu Maoji's theory, Zhao Dashi's theory and Fu Hanzhang's theory.

According to research, Shandong Kuaishu originated in Linqing and Jining. Artists have a saying: Shandong Kuaishu came from the river. What we are talking about here is not an ordinary river, but an ancient canal that runs from north to south. Linqing and Jining are both large docks on the canal. They are places where travelers and merchants traveling from south to north gather. They are commonly known as "fertile soil". Artists flock here, which is the so-called "running dock". There are many merchants here, but the customers are bored and need entertainment, so they can support entertainers.

At the same time, this type of dock is a gathering place for various art forms. It can be inferred from this that the rap art in Linqing was quite prosperous at that time, which provided good geographical conditions for the birth and formation of Shandong Kuaishu. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Linqing and Jining were the places where Liangshan heroes leaped like dragons and tigers. The heroic story of Wu Song was widely circulated at that time. So Shandong Kuaishu, which started with "Wu Song Biography", came into being.

Shandong Kuaishu mainly focuses on rapping, and the language is very rhythmic. The basic sentence pattern is a seven-character sentence of "two, two, three". To ensure the crispness of the singing, the sentence usually ends with three words. The left hand hits two identical copper plates (yuanyang plates) as an accompaniment instrument. Shandong Kuaishu is a standing singing form, and the performance pays attention to the use of "hands, eyes, body, steps" and "baggage" and "buttons". The libretto is basically a seven-character sentence, and the actors recite the libretto and occasionally speak in plain language. The repertoire has the form of "single section", "long book", "book cap" and so on.

Since Shandong often has one or several actors singing with very simple props, better artistic effects can be achieved in an instant. And because it is not restricted by the venue, it can be performed at any time, whether it is at a construction site, a station, a dock, or in the streets. It quickly reflects real life and serves economic construction. Therefore, it has been in decline for hundreds of years and has an extremely broad mass base. , many classic jokes are widely circulated among the masses and are deeply loved.

After more than a hundred years of singing by artists of all generations, Shandong Kuaishu Art has accumulated a considerable number of bibliographies. In the bibliography of traditional Shandong Kuaishu, arias about Wu Song's stories account for a large proportion and are the basic bibliography of traditional Shandong Kuaishu. Among the 21 novellas included in the "Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Shandong Kuaishu" published in 1997, Wu Song's story accounts for 17 of them.

In addition, there are many single paragraphs and short paragraphs, which are also an important part of Shandong Kuaishu art. Due to differences in the circulation area, teacher-teacher relationship and artist performance style, the content, structure, words and literary features of the books are also different.